In her message, RDAB Director and concurrent NAMRIA GFPS Focal Person, Dr. Rijaldia N. Santos, motivated the teams to do well. She further stressed the importance of having knowledge on women concerns and on GAD as a whole.

Teams GISMB and MGB were eliminated in the first round of competition while Teams RDAB, HB, and SSB moved on to the second and final round. Team RDAB placed first, Team HB second place, and Team SSB third place.

NAMRIA Deputy Administrator and concurrent NAMRIA GFPS Adviser, Efren P. Carandang, congratulated all the teams for their participation and to the GAD Quiz Bee committee for a job well done. He expressed his pleasure with the idea of having this kind of activity again in the future. “Marami akong bagong kaalaman na nakuha mula sa mga tanong na ibinigay,” he said further.

NAMRIA produces topographic maps that are used as base maps for other thematic maps like land cover, land condition, land
classification, cadastral, etc. In addition, we have digital data of road maps available. This data comes from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).